STISD + UTRGV Expanded Collegiate Partnership - custom made just for you. Available at all 4 STISD high schools
STISD + UTRGV Expanded Collegiate Partnership Opportunity available at all 4 high schools
CTE at STISD! Choose from 21 different programs of study within 10 career clusters + opportunity to graduate with one of 36 available certifications
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From humble beginnings to shaping future healthcare professionals and more, we're 60 years in and still doing it best.
60 years of practicing CTE at STISD
Best of both worlds - competitive academics + athletics
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Learn from best-in-state educators and field professionals
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Providing the best hands-on experience
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Our Schools

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Students come from three Rio Grande Valley Counties: 

Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy

Area of 3,643 miles

Hidalgo Edinburg Mercedes Willacy Cameron San Benito Olmito
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510 S. Sugar Rd., Edinburg, TX 78539

(956) 383-1684

900 Med High Dr., Mercedes, TX 78570

(956) 565-4620

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151 S. Helen Moore Rd., San Benito, TX 78586

(956) 399-4358

724 S. Sugar Rd., Edinburg, TX 78539

(956) 381-5522

10650 North Expressway 77/83, Olmito, TX 78575

(956) 214-6100

700 Med High Dr., Mercedes, TX 78570

(956) 565-2237

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Serving STISD's tri-county area | 956.260.2200

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Welcome to STISD's seventh and newest campus, an all-virtual learning option for RGV

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of STISD graduates attend college/university | 1%: Military 

2025-2026 Enrollment for STISD Middle and High Schools Begins Jan. 18

STISD will open enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

The enrollment form must be completed online at www.stisd.net. STISD is a tuition-free, open-enrollment district, and all students residing in Cameron, Hidalgo or Willacy County are eligible to enroll. 

State and nationally-ranked STISD offers students an educational alternative through seven magnet schools throughout the Rio Grande Valley – two middle schools, four high schools, and a virtual school that consists of both middle and high school. 

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Now Open: High School Selection and In-District Transfers for 2025-26

The STISD High School Selection process for current STISD 8th-graders and In-District Transfer process for current STISD 6th-,7th- and 9th-graders wanting to transfer to another campus within STISD for the 2025-2026 school year are now open via Skyward. The deadline to complete these processes is 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22.

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